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The type series of the earliest kulan Equus (Hemionus) nalaikhaensis Kuznetsova et Zhegallo, 1996 from the Pleistocene of Mongolia is described in detail. The lectotype (an almost complete skull without a lower jaw) is designated. The assignment of this species to the subgenus Hemionus is validated.
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Original Russian Text © T.V. Kuznetsova, V.I. Zhegallo, 2009, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2009, No. 5, pp. 90–97.
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Kuznetsova, T.V., Zhegallo, V.I. Equus (Hemionus) nalaikhaensis from the Pleistocene of Mongolia, the earliest kulan of Central Asia. Paleontol. J. 43, 574–583 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030109050141
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